Keeping ourselves busy!

So the last few weeks have been somewhat busy for us around here. We had Jaxon's b-day, I went to Denver with my mom and sister, Valentines Day, and Bunco. And a lot of cleaning in between. We went to the Living Aquarium a few weeks ago and I bought a year pass. I only had to pay for me and Jaxon cause Brynlee is free, and they are so cheap! All you have to do is go twice and you have paid for it. Such a great deal! Anyhow, my kids LOVE it there and so here are just a few pics of them having a great time!

While Jaxon is in school I try to spend quality time with Brynlee. Alot of that time I'm trying to clean and run errands but when I'm not doing that Brynlee and I have a great time together. I decided a photo shoot was necessary after doing her hair so cute and she was in such a good mood. These are the results.

I guess it's a good thing I'm not trying to be a photographer huh?! I think I'll stick with my awesome sister-in-law Lindsay! She's great!

Brynlee's 2nd Birthday!

Brynlee Boo about 12 hours old. My favorite pic of daddy and Brynlee. She had him wrapped at first sight:)

Brynlee turned 2 this past month! It's crazy how time flies by. I still remember the night my water broke! When she came out I was so surprised to see that it was a girl! I thought for sure she was going to be a boy. I was so happy and she was so beautiful! She is getting to be such a little person and I love it! Yes there are days that she pushes my buttons but I wouldn't trade her for the world. She loves to play with Jaxon and she's a great teaser. All she has to do is call Jaxon a baby and she has got him going:) She is very stubborn but she is quick to say please and thank you. She is starting to talk some more so it's making it easier for me to know what she wants. We went to the doctors for her 2 year check up and here are her stats:

Weight: 21 lbs. (that was fully dressed with full diaper. At home she is 20 lbs. even)

Height: 31 inches

She is still not on the charts but she is on an up-curve from where she was last time we went in, so that's good:) She is healthy and right on track. She may be small but she's adorable so I guess that's all that matters:) Happy Birthday Brynlee!

Jaxon couldn't help but open some of her presents with her. Brynlee is obsessed with cats so this was my attempt at a kitty for her.

My cute little 2 year old!

Christmas Day!

Christmas Day always is a crazy day for us. We have lots of houses to hit but we wouldn't have it any other way:) We had to wake the kids up at 6:00 am on Christmas morning. I took 5 pics of the kids on the stairs and this is the best one. Jaxon's pile

Brynlee's pile

Jaxon LOVED his remote control car and Brynlee couldn't get enough of her 4-wheeler.

She couldn't ride without her dog in her purse and her kitty house full of kitties:)



Jaxon playing with the new fire engine he got

Daddy hangin' out




Jaxon, Brynlee, Jordan, and Jenny getting ready to see what G-ma and G-pa Crowther got them!

The whole crew! Tylor, Casey, Jordan, Jenny, Jaxon, and Brynlee

These were the only pics that I got of that day. Sorry but I wasn't really thinking about taking pics after the morning. Hope you all had a great holiday!

Christmas Eve Festivities!

So every year for Christmas Eve we go over to Josh's parents house and have an awesome dinner and then play games, read the story of Christ's birth, and get PJ's. It's always a great time spending time with family. This year was no different. We all had a great time. Jaxon got Hungry Hungry Hippos for winning Bingo and you would have thought he won the lottery. He was hillarious!! And Brynlee got a little kitty. She ofcourse loves it and has to sleep with it every night! Here are a few pics of the family! Kirsten in her PJ's that were big enough to fit 3 of her. A word of advice, if you normally wear a size 5 pants don't go buying yourself a large in PJ's!:)

Jaxon having a great time playing with Casey!

The kids in their jammies! Jaxon's have little dogs with different christmas hats/antler's on and Brynlee's have kittens coming out of christmas boxes. I thought they were too cute!


Josh got me some PJ's too. What a sweet hubby!

Oh Christmas Tree!

Ok so I know that I've been a total slacker on this blog so I'm going to try to get caught up in the next few days. For Christmas every year we go as a family and pick out a tree. (I am not a fan of the whole fake tree thing.) We went to Lowes this year since that's where we went last year and our tree lasted forever! And our tree this year didn't disappoint! It looked so great and stayed alive even though I forgot to water it one day:) oops Anyhow, Lowes had a great selection and it was hard to find just the right one, but we finally found it. We brought it home and decorated it that night as well. The kids loved it!
A few days later I had the kids decorate a small little tree that I have for decoration for the downstairs. Since this is the first year I have a finished basement we now need to go buy a fake tree to go down there. As I mentioned before I don't really like fake trees but I don't want to have to mess with the mess that a real tree makes downstairs as well as up stairs so a fake one will have to suffice:) Anyhow, that's on our list of things to buy next! Here are a few pics of all the activities!

Sorry all my pics are in the wrong order:(
Jaxon and Brynlee in front of their tree

Decorating a tree just their size

Helping mom decorate the real tree

This is the one!

Just some of the many trees to choose from

Independent Litte Bum!

Brynlee has become quite the independent little thing. She insists on dressing herself. I took a couple pics to show you the result of some of her attempts.

This is on Thanksgiving. She insisted on wearing this Halloween shirt that has a black cat on it. I told her no and went into the other room and when I came out this is how she had put it on. You know you're skinny when the neck of your shirt fits around your waist. She totally posed for me too. I didn't even tell her to. This would be the next attempt. She decided that she could put her own underpants on. Obviously this isn't giving her much coverage:) Funny little buggar!

Last pics taken!

Here are the last pictures I took of Justin before his passing. This was Saturday November 21, 2009. He died on Nov. 24, 2009.

Justin, Josh, and Jared

Justin and Josh
Justin and Brynlee. He loved her to death, she was a little stinker at that moment though.

I think Jaxon was his favorite. And Justin was Jaxon's favorite uncle that's for sure!

Trying to rest while Aunt Margy gets the Will taken care of.
We sure do miss him but know that he's in a better place doing the Lord's work. We love you Justin!